Challenges in Ubiquitous Computing and Networking Management

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Challenges in Ubiquitous Computing and Networking
Management
APNOMS 2003 DEP, Fukuoka, Japan

• Jong T. Park
• (jtpark_at_ee.knu.ac.kr)
• Kyungpook National University
• Korea

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Ubiquitous Computing Networking Environment
Home Network
Server
Server
(G)MPLS
IPv6
Hot Spots
Tiny Invisible Objects
UWB
3G/4G
Notebook
Sensors
Smart Interface
Web/XML
Actuators
Bluetooth
Multimedia Handheld Device
Wearable Computing
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Features of Cyber Space and Smart Real Space
Electronic Cyber Space
Smart Real Space

• Any (time, where, format)
• Client/Server Computing, P2P
• (G)MPLS, Broadband Access Network
• B3G/4G, NGN, Post PC, IPv4/v6, XML
• Converging Networks
• Communication/Banking, Comm./(Music/TV
  Broadcasting), e-commerce/government,

• Any (device, object)
• Proactive Embedded Computing
• Sensors, MEMS, Wearable Computing, IPv6(), Near
  Field Communication (UWB, ..)
• Ad-hoc networks, Home networking
• Telematics/Telemetry,
• u-commerce/government /university/library

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Current Issues in Ubiquitous Computing and
Networking

• Current Technical Issues
• Low Power Intelligent Tiny Chip and Sensors
• Ubiquitous Interface
• Near-field Communication (UWB, ..), IPv6
• Protection of Privacy and Security Management
• Intelligent Personalization
• Non-Technical Issues
• Laws and Regulation
• Sociological Impact

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Research Projects

• America
• MITs Auto-ID and Oxigen, Berkeleys Smart Dust,
  NISTs Smart Space
• MSs EasyLiving, HPs CoolTown
• Europe
• Disappearing Computing Initiative Smart Its
  others
• Ambience Intelligence
• Japan
• u-Network, TRON project (Univ. of Tokyo)
• Japans UNF (Ubiquitous Networking Forum)

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u-Korea

• MICs u-Sensor Network (2003)
• Development of Key Technologies in Wireless
  Personal Area Network, UWB (hundred Mbps),
  Electronic Tag (RFID), Intelligent Wireless
  Sensor Network
• Ubiquitous Home Network and Commodity Circulation
  Network
• MOSTs 21c Ut Frontier Project (2003)
• Basic Key Technology in Ubiquitous Networking
• Others from Industries (Samsung, LG, etc)

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MITs Oxygen

• Computing service available like Oxygen
• Computing access using human centered interface
  such as natural language and vision

• Computational devices (E21s), embedded in homes,
  offices, and cars sense
• Handheld devices (H21s) enables to communicate
  and compute, anywhere
• Dynamic, self-configuring networks (N21s) help
  machines to locate each other as well as the
  people, services, and resources we want to reach
• Software that adapts to changes in the
  environment or in user requirements (O2s) help us
  to do what we want when we want to do it

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Other Projects

• Berkeleys Smart Dust Project

• 1 mm3 silicon mote (floatable in the air)
• Autonomous sensing
• Wireless communication platform
• Energy, Military, Commodity

• HPs Cooltown Project

• Real World Wide Web
• Person, place or thing existing on the Web space,
  communicating each other
• Education, Medicare, ITS, Fire and Safety Service

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Common Characteristics of Ubiquitous Computing
and Networking

• Invisibility
• Invisible Intelligent Devices
• Wearable Computing Devices
• RFID, Sensors, Smart Card, Information Artifacts,
  and Tiny Smart Device
• Context-Awareness and Adaptation
• Autonomous Sensing, Environment Adaptation,
  Cooperation
• Real-Time and Proactive
• Adapting to Device Type, Time, Location,
  Temperature, Weather, etc
• Network and Mobility
• Mobility Management (Micro/Pico)
• Wireless NFC (UWB, RF Interface, Bluetooth, etc)
• IPv6 and Others (Non-IP, Consumable IP)

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Management of Ubiquitous Computing and Networking

• Invisibility Management
• Ubiquitous Interface Management
• Configurability Management (Massiveness
  management, others)
• Anonymousness Management
• Surrounding Context Management
• Sensing Capability, Adaptation, Autonomy,
  Cooperation Management
• Personalization Management
• Location-Awareness Management (Tracking,
  Positioning, and Control)
• Real-Time, Proactive and Environmental Adaptive
  Control
• Ubiquitous Wireless Network and Service
  Management
• Wireless Network Management (FCAPS)
• Mobility Management (MIPv6, Micro/Pico/Nano ..)
• Service Registration, Discovery and Maintenance
  (OSGi)
• Extensibility Management (Network/Service)
• Application of Ubiquitous Technology to Network
  Management
• Privacy and Security Management

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Conclusion

• Ubiquitous computing and networking are
  characterized by invisibility, proactive
  context-awareness/adaptation, and near field
  network /mobility.
• It requires a new paradigm of management among
  others, such as ubiquitous interface management,
  context management, fusion management,
  privacy/security management, and FCAPS.
• Standards, laws, sociological impact and other
  environment factors need to be addressed
  accordingly.

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Reference

• Ubiquitous Computing - Mark Weiser,
  http//www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html
• Designing Calm Technology - Mark Weiser and Jhon
  Seely Brown, http//www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/
  calmtech/calmtech.htm
• HP Cooltown white papers, http//cooltown.hp.com/d
  ev/wpapers/webpres/WebPresence.asp
• MS- EasyLiving Project, http//research.microsoft.
  com/easyliving/
• MIT Auto-ID Center (about smart tag),
  http//www.autoidcenter.org/
• MIT Oxygen Project, http//oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/over
  view.html
• UCB Smart Dust, http//robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/
  pister/SmartDust
• NIST Smart Space project, http//computer.org/proc
  eedings/wetice/0798/07980006abs.htm
• EU Disappearing Computer Initiative,
  http//www.disappearing-computer.net
• Japan u-Network, http//www.ubiquitous-forum.jp/,
  http//www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/policyreports/c
  housa/yubikitasu/index.html